Reading PHP array using key value - php

Question

I have an array that I'm creating inside my PHP script, the var_dump function gives me this value :var_dump($arrayOfValues);
array(3) {
[0]=> array(2) {
[0]=> string(12) "BusinessName"
[1]=> string(13) "ITCompany"
}
[1]=> array(2) {
[0]=> string(7) "Address"
[1]=> string(58) "29 xxxxxx,Canada"
}
[2]=> array(2) {
[0]=> string(20) "PrimaryBusinessPhone"
[1]=> string(14) "[phone]"
}
[3]=> array(2) {
[0]=> string(13) "BusinessEmail"
[1]=> string(24) "xx#example.com"
}
}
I would like to access to the value of the "BusinessName" using key and not index so if I put : echo $arrayOfValue[0][1]; it gives me the BusinessName that is ITCompany but if I put
: echo $arrayOfValue['BusinessName'][1]; it gives nothing so how can I fix that please?
The array is initialized $arrayOfValue = array(); and then populated dynamically inside a for loop like that
$arrayOfValue[] = array($Label, $Value);

Answer 1

your array has this kind of data
$arrayOfPostsValue[] = array("BusinessName","ITCompany");
$arrayOfPostsValue[] = array("Address","29 xxxxxx,Canada");
$arrayOfPostsValue[] = array("PrimaryBusinessPhone","[phone]");
$arrayOfPostsValue[] = array("BusinessEmail","xx#example.com");
there is no array key in data So, you have to recreate your desire array
$newArrayOfPostsValue = array();
foreach ( $arrayOfPostsValue as $value ){
$newArrayOfPostsValue[$value[0]] = $value[1];
}
print_r($newArrayOfPostsValue);
and here is output
Array
(
[BusinessName] => ITCompany
[Address] => 29 xxxxxx,Canada
[PrimaryBusinessPhone] => [phone]
[BusinessEmail] => xx#example.com
)

Answer 2

As mentioned in the comment, change the structure of the array, it will be much easier to handle
$my_array = array(
array('Business Name' => 'It Company'),
array('Address' => 'My address')
);
Looking at the content of your array, I will restructure it as
$my_improved_array = array(
'BusinessName' => 'It Company',
'Address' => 'My Address',
);
This is how you can access,
echo $my_array[0]['BusinessName'] //prints 'It Company'
echo $my_array[1]['Address'] //prints 'My Address'
echo $my_improved_array['BusinessName'] // prints 'It Company'

Answer 3

Try like this and save array as key value pairs and then access the key:
foreach($arrayOfValues as $a)
$arr[$a[0]] = $a[1];
echo $arr['BusinessName'];

Answer 4

While creating that array build it with index as BusinessName
array (
0 => array(
'BusinessName'=> "ITCompany"
)
1 => array(1) (
'Address'=> "29 xxxxxx,Canada"
)
)
etc..

Answer 5

PHP Array example
$array = array();
$array['BusinessName'] = 'ITCompany';
$array['Address'] = '29 xxxxxx,Canada';
And so on... Now you can echo values with
echo $array['BusinessName'];
Also this works
$array = array('BusinessName' => 'ITCompany', 'Address' => '29 xxxxxx,Canada');

Answer 6

First of all, how are you building this array ? Maybe you can directly make a workable array.
Anyway, you can do something like this :
$oldArray = Array(
Array("BusinessName", "ITCompany"),
Array("Address", "29 xxxxxx,Canada"),
Array("PrimaryBusinessPhone", "[phone]"),
Array("BusinessEmail", "xx#example.com")
);
$newArray = Array();
foreach($oldArray as value) {
$newValue[$value[0]] = $value[1];
}
/* Now, it's equal to
$newArray = Array(
"BusinessName" => "ITCompany",
"Address" => "29 xxxxxx,Canada",
"PrimaryBusinessPhone" => "[phone]",
"BusinessEmail" => "xx#example.com"
);
*/